Re: Laura Ingalls and Whipping (spin off)
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Originally Posted by Elibellamiah
I wonder if she's making a distinction between being whipped with an object and a spanking. She had to have been spanked more than just once because she wouldn't have known she "deserved a spanking" for throwing a fit about sitting quietly on Sunday if spanking wasn't a normal thing for her. But it could be that the time when she hit her sister was the only time she was whipped.
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That makes a lot of sense given the time and what was expected in that time. As a child, there is not much difference, but for an adult, there is a big difference.
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